Magistrate Judge Thomas M. DiGirolamo was born in 1956 in Plainfield, New
Jersey. He entered Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, in 1974,
majoring in economics. While at Rutgers, Judge DiGirolamo was a member of
Omicron Delta Epsilon, the economics honor society. Following graduation from
Rutgers in 1978, Judge DiGirolamo attended the Dickinson School of Law in
Carlisle, Pennsylvania, where he received his J.D. in 1981.

Following law school, Judge DiGirolamo was the Judicial Clerk for the Circuit
Court for Washington County, Maryland. From 1983 through 1988, he was an
assistant state’s attorney in Washington County, Maryland. During his tenure as
an assistant state’s attorney, Judge DiGirolamo was specially assigned to the
Washington County Narcotics Task Force. From 1988 through 2004, Judge DiGirolamo
was engaged in the private practice of law in Hagerstown, Maryland. Immediately
prior to his appointment as a full-time United States Magistrate Judge, Judge
DiGirolamo was a partner with the law firm of Schlossberg & DiGirolamo. On
September 18, 1998, Judge DiGirolamo was appointed as a part-time United States
Magistrate Judge of the United States District Court for the District of
Maryland. Judge DiGirolamo was appointed as a full-time United States Magistrate
Judge on June 30, 2004.

Judge DiGirolamo was admitted to the United States District Court for the
District of Maryland in 1988 and the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in 1990. He
is a member of the Maryland State Bar Association, the Washington County Bar
Association, and the Federal Magistrate Judges’ Association.